The Caucasus Under a Dome As Vedomosti has learned, the new resorts in the North Caucasus will be protected in a new way. Russia has been offered expertise by a French company that equipped Mexico City with video cameras and an Israeli company that sealed off Jerusalem from terrorists. The creation of a tourism cluster in the North Caucasus has been entrusted to the state-owned joint-stock company Resorts of the North Caucasus (KSK). Read the full article
They’ve already provided a trainload of money for the "Resorts of the North Caucasus". Now they need another trainload of money for the "security dome over the Resorts of the North Caucasus." The authorities’ next step will be to buy vacationers for the "Resorts of the North Caucasus covered by a security dome." In Tajikistan, tourists can be bought wholesale relatively cheaply. The question of whether Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Kazan, the Moscow Region, or Ufa also need these wonderful security systems is apparently not nearly as urgent. Priorities, y’know. Update. Related news: An open-top Rolls-Royce Phantom Cabrio worth $2 million. It was in just such a regal car that Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov was spotted in Antalya, Turkey. According to Vesti.Az, citing Turkish media, the head of Chechnya decided to vacation in Antalya with his family and a substantial security detail, and went straight from the airport to the Mardan Palace, owned by Azerbaijani billionaire Telman Ismailov. The oligarch personally welcomed Ramzan Kadyrov, who himself wanted to get behind the wheel of the Rolls-Royce Phantom Cabrio. The media note that, in addition to his personal guards, Kadyrov will also be protected by Antalya law enforcement during his week-long vacation. It is reported that Kadyrov is a fan of horse racing, expensive watches, weapons, and cars, and also owns a zoo with wild animals. Very strange. I don’t understand why Ramzan Kadyrov, a state official from that very same North Caucasus, is vacationing in Turkey instead of at the wonderful Resorts of the North Caucasus.